Civil Liberties

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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

Airs at: Wed, 06/14/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Trump's Rationale for Withdrawing the US from Paris Climate Accord Based on Lies; Trump Moves to Re-impose Drug-War era Harsh Sentences in Federal Drug Cases and Use of Private Prisons; California Senate Takes First Step to Move the State to Single-Payer Universal Health... Read more

Lessons from Kenya: Healing and Rebuilding our Communities

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Getry Agizah is a Kenyan peace activist and social change agent. She is the Director of Transforming Communities for Social Change and Coordinator of Friends Church Peace Teams in Kenya. She will discuss work underway at the Mt. Elgon Community Peace Center working to he... Read more

Reporting on the Right Wing

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier talks to Jason Wilson, who writes for the Guardian, Alternet, Medium, and other publications, about the alt right and right-wing movements. They discuss recent alt right protests in Portland and the Northwest, and how right-wing movements push politics to ... Read more

The Country that Voted for Trump

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The election of Donald Trump was a stunning political upset. His victory defied the predictions of almost every pundit and pollster. Though he received about 3 million fewer votes than his opponent, the antiquarian Electoral College system in the U.S. gave him the presid... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 12, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge hosts, with music from Weather Report and these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Mark Weisbrot about Labour gains in the UK Elections. Desiree Hellegers brings voices from the last hearing on the proposed Tesoro terminal. Clayton explores why our so... Read more

EFSEC Closes Comment Period for Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Yesterday evening, Washington State’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, closed its final hearing on the proposal to construct a 360,000 barrel-per-day crude oil trans-shipment terminal at the Port of Vancouver, Washington. Now the final decision is in the ... Read more

Hate Rising

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  Oregon is leading the nation in reported hate crimes and racist incidents.  This past Friday a Southwest Washington man was pistol whipped by a road raging truck driver and told to leave the country.   -from KATU: "Armando, who didn't want to reveal his last name, said ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Margaret Jacobsen

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Thousands of people gathered in downtown Portland yesterday, attending several pro-Trump and anti- Trump demonstrations and rallies. In an attempt to avoid violence by keeping opposing demonstrators from converging, the Portland police department was joined by law enforceme... Read more

Southwest of Salem

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
In 1994, four women in San Antonio, Texas, were arrested and charged with heinous crimes. The women -- working class Latina lesbians -- were accused of raping two young girls, They were tried, convicted in 1997, and sentenced to decades in state prison. Just one problem: T... Read more

Remembering Stonewall

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Each June we rebroadcast the 1989 radio documentary "Remembering Stonewall," by David Isay. This documentary, broadcast on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, is the first documentary -- in any medium -- about the riots. Hearing the voices of participants, from ... Read more